breath ‧ less /ˈbreθləs/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ breath , ↑ breather , ↑ breathing ; adjective : ↑ breathless , ↑ breathy ; verb : ↑ breathe ; adverb : ↑ breathlessly ]
1 . having difficulty breathing, especially because you are very tired, excited, or frightened:
The long climb left Jan feeling breathless.
breathless with
They waited, breathless with anticipation.
2 . written excited:
His first novel drew breathless superlatives from critics.
3 . at (a) breathless pace/speed extremely fast
4 . literary unpleasantly hot, with no fresh air or wind:
the breathless heat of a midsummer night in Rome
—breathlessly adverb
—breathlessness noun [uncountable]